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“Don’t look at them, look at me,” a peacock seemed to be saying as he posed magnificently between the audience and the Shakespearean play being performed by...

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From Chapter 1: "A friend has sent me a new book, from England--The Shakespeare Problem Restated--well restated and closely reasoned; and my fifty years'...

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One of the most persistent themes in myth and legend from the world’s many cultures is that of the journey, the quest. In Mythical Journeys, Legendary...

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Ruskin Bond has won the hearts of millions of readers with his countless charming short stories and introspective novels. From biographical tales about...

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Lakshmi is banished from Vishnulok because of a fight among Vishnu’s three wives. She is cursed to be born on earth with the promise that eventually she...

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In these essays – contemporary with his years at Sarah Lawrence and with his legendary Cooper Union lectures – Campbell explores the origins of myth, from...

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"Write My Son, Write" is K. V. Dominic's longest poem, in 21 sections taken from his collection of poems entitled Write Son, Write. Dominic unabashedly...

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This book was written in Liverpool, Glasgow, and Oxford based on material used in teaching. And I kept most of the lectures, organized from my point of...

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Study of Dryden's "heroic" plays, which were immensely popular in his day (the Restoration) but are now very difficult to appreciate. Examining the meaning...

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Reads like a conversation between friends. With these ten short stories, Rachel Small and Carrie Mumford have captured the essence of late-night...

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First published in 1901. According to Wikipedia: "Jessie Laidlay Weston (1850–1928) was an independent scholar and folklorist, working mainly on mediaeval...

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Named one of Kirkus Reviews' Best Indie Books of 2016. 'Curl up on the analyst's couch with all your favorite mystery scribes, as Karen Huston Karydes...

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Dodo Classics brings you another classic from Henry James, ‘Views and Reviews.’ “When you lay down a proposition which is forthwith controverted,...

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Shakespeare’s ghost is not merely “a conventional literary figure still trailing on to the stage all the trappings of classic myth while Shakespeare gives...

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Book-length study of the great playwright by a great novelist. According to Wikipedia: "Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936) was an influential English...

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“It is childish to suppose that a hundred books can be named as those which are the best for each and every one. The simplest experience of the world proves...

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Selected letters capturing ongoing conversations between famed mythologist Joseph Campbell and a remarkable group of artists, seekers, filmmakers,...

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HISTORIA : A Gateway to Ancient and Medieval History and Archaeology! This book introduces the reader to some of the literary traditions of the...

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The Divine Comedy describes Dante's journey through Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio), and Paradise (Paradiso), guided first by the Roman poet Virgil...